January: Time for Tea

[Marie]

Finished-post#66. Had a blast! :D

[❀Tea❀]

Well done Marie. Not going for another cup? ☺

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Duration 1 to 31 January
Tea for Two
5/10

Step 1 - Boil the water
hot climate (Texas)- Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six 1/15

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)- Kiss of Fire 1/2

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong- The Winter Sea 1/3 507 pages

Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls- Visions of Heat 1/1

Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk- The Vicious Deep 1/11

[❀Tea❀]

Finished my 2 cups. ☺
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[Colleen]

CHALLENGE COMPLETE :)

Time for Tea January 2015 challenge
Level: Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
Finished: 5/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
BOIL (O)
✔ Orson Scott Card Ender's Game finished 1/1
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Red - rooibos tea
✔ Margaret Atwood Good Bones and Simple Murders 1/5
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong - 301 pages or more
✔ Joe Hill NOS4A2 1/16
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
✔ Paula Brackston The Witch's Daughter 1/24
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
✔ Nancy Richler The Imposter Bride 1/25

[Lara]

Yea Tea!

[❀Tea❀]

☺

[Kari]

Tea for two.
9/7

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
L We Were Liars, E. Lockhart - 2/5 stars

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Red - rooibos tea: Carrie, Stephen King - 3/5 stars


Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more: Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King - 4/5 stars

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel: The Avery Shaw Experiment, Kelly Oram - 3/5 stars


Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book: Seduction and Snacks, Tara Sivec - 3/5 stars



FIRST CUP: COMPLETED

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
L: Lady Susan, Jane Austen 4/5 stars

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Orange - herbal tea: El gato negro (The black cat), Edgar Allan Poe

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages: The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel: Cooltureta - la novela gráfica, Raquel Córcoles



Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book: Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn - CURRENTLY READING

I FINISH 9 STEPS/7STEPS.

Im going for the ten step:)

[❀Tea❀]

Good work Kari. One more ☺

[Barbara ★]

CHALLENGE COMPLETE


READ: 5/5

✔Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews 1/15

✔Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Bombshell - Catherine Coulter 1/16

✔Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins (451 pages) 1/19

✔Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Chilled - Kendra Elliot (#2 in Bone Secrets series) 1/21

✔Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn 1/4

[Jennifer]

Time For Tea
Duration Jan 1 to Jan 31

Step 1 Boile the water


Step 2 Choose your tea
Green Tea


Step 3 Steep the tea
Strong 301 pages or more


Step 4 Sweet ?
One spoonful Book one in a series


Step 5 Black or White
lots of milk young adult



challenge complete 1/22/2015

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Barbara & Jennifer ☺

[Lara]

Yea Barbara!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Duration 1 to 31 January
Tea for Two
6/10

Step 1 - Boil the water
hot climate (Texas)- Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six 1/15

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)- Kiss of Fire 1/2

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong- The Winter Sea 1/3 507 pages
Strong- Mystic City 1/21 397 pages

Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls- Visions of Heat 1/1

Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk- The Vicious Deep 1/11

[Claire]

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Tea for two

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

"Steamy" book: Making it Personal

B:
O:
I:
✓ L: Lievens, Catherine (author) Jamie



Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
✓ Black - black tea Love's Denial
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
✓ Red - rooibos tea Deity
Orange - herbal tea



Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
✓ Weak - under 150 pages Protective Mate
✓ Medium - 151 to 300 pages Cranford
Strong - 301 pages or more



Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
✓ Honey - Book three in a series Never Say Never
✓ Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series Forbidden Mate



Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
✓ Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book Apollyon
✓ Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book Cress
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book



COMPLETED

[Lara]

Yea Angel!

[Lara]

Done! I had:
A cup of tea (5 books)

Piping hot: Jacob 1/23
Black: Night's Slow Poison 1/17
Medium steep: In the Devil's Nebula 1/7
Sweetened with 2 sugars: Searching for Dragons 1/4
With lots of milk: First Frost 1/24

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Angel & Lara ☺

[Lara]

Thanks Tea!

[Cait S]

Done! I finished 3 cups.

Post 3

[❀Tea❀]

Cait wrote: "Done! I finished 3 cups.

Post 3"

You're having real tea party!
Congrats ☺

[Anita Reads]

I'm actually confused. What is considered general fiction? If I search for it on GR fiction pops up, which seems to be all genres, and when I googled it, it also seemed to be interpreted differently.

[Cait S]

Anita, I can't say for sure since not a mod, but for my cups, I used general fiction as anything that wasn't mystery or paranormal or anything like that that would fall into any of the other categories. For example I read , a fictional story but with all realistic elements.

[Jenn]

All done!

After I boiled the water, I decided to have Oolong tea. I like my tea not too strong but not too weak - medium steep is just right for me. I do like my tea sweet with a bit of honey. Usually I like a lot of milk, but this time, I'd thought I'd try soy milk.

Thanks for the challenge! ;)

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Jenn ☺

[Sarenna]

Finished. Can't wait until next month!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Duration 1 to 31 January
Tea for Two
8/10

Step 1 - Boil the water
hot climate (Texas)- Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six 1/15

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)- Kiss of Fire 1/2
Green (green tea)- The Maze Runner 1/24

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong- The Winter Sea 1/3 507 pages
Strong- Mystic City 1/21 397 pages

Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls- Visions of Heat 1/1
One spoonful- Snow Like Ashes 1/25

Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk- The Vicious Deep 1/11

[NayNay]

finished my challenge...happy reading!

Level Tea party - 11 or more books

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Over the Line by Cindy Gerard 01/03/15 ****
The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule 01/06/15 ***
Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman 01/17/15 ****
Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard 01/15/15 ****

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea Tragic Beauty: The Lost 1914 Memoirs of Evelyn Nesbit by Evelyn Nesbit 01/06/15 ***
Green - green tea The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene 01/11/15 ***
White - white tea The Guest Book by Marybeth Whalen 01/04/15 ****
Brown - oolong tea The Bastard by John Jakes 10/12/15 *****
Red - rooibos tea Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 01/01/15 *****
Orange - herbal tea True North by Marie Force 01/23/15 ****

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea Strong - 301 pages or more
Queen Elizabeth I by J.E. Neale 01/02/15 *** 416 pgs
Elisabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey 01/10/15 **** 384 pgs
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner 01/14/15 *** (466 pgs)
Witchfall by Victoria Lamb 01/13/15 *** (336 pgs)
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom 01/21/15 ***** (661 pgs)
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr 01/22/15 **** (416 pgs)

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One Secret Summer by Lesley Lokko 01/07/15 ****
The Deep End by Joy Fielding 01/16/15 ***
A Sound Among the Trees by Susan Meissner 01/25/15 ****
The Outcast by Jolina Petersheim 01/26/15 ****

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo 01/05/15 *****
The Prey by Allison Brennan 01/08/15 ****
You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen 01/27/15 ****

[❀Tea❀]

Well done NayNay! That's some tea party ☺

[Lara]

Yea NayNay!

[Kari]

Tea for two.
ALL COMPLETED!

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
L We Were Liars, E. Lockhart - 2/5 stars

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Red - rooibos tea: Carrie, Stephen King - 3/5 stars

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more: Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King - 4/5 stars

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel: The Avery Shaw Experiment, Kelly Oram - 3/5 stars

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book: Seduction and Snacks, Tara Sivec - 3/5 stars



FIRST CUP: COMPLETED


Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
L: Lady Susan, Jane Austen 4/5 stars

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Orange - herbal tea: El gato negro (The black cat), Edgar Allan Poe 3/5 stars

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages: The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4/5 stars

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel: Cooltureta - la novela gráfica, Raquel Córcoles 3/5 stars

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book: Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn 5/5 stars



I JUST FINISH MY CHALLENGE!

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Kari ☺

[Hilary]

Finished...I'm not a huge tea drinker but I went for a cup of weak black tea with no sugar and lots of milk. Thanks!! That was fun :)

[❀Tea❀]

Well done Hilary ☺
Thank you for delicious cup of tea :)

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

DONE
10/10

Duration 1 to 31 January
Tea for Two
10/10

Step 1 - Boil the water
hot climate (Texas)- Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six 1/15
L:- Mystic City 1/21 Theo Lawrence (Author)

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)- Kiss of Fire 1/2
Green (green tea)- The Maze Runner 1/24

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong- The Winter Sea 1/3 507 pages
Strong- Entangled 1/29

Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls- Visions of Heat 1/1
One spoonful- Snow Like Ashes 1/25

Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk- The Vicious Deep 1/11
Lots of milk- Pawn 1/29

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats ❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ ☺

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

This was the first challenge I have finished this year

Thank you

[Lara]

Yea Hilary and Lizz Neill!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Thank you

[Kelly]

Phew. Doing them in order and only how I drink my tea was rough, but I'm finally done!

[Lara]

Yea Kelly!

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Tea Party
20/20

Step 1 - Boil the water
B - Lover Enshrined *Black Dagger Brotherhood series* by J.R. Ward (25/01/15)
O - Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins (29/01/15)
I - Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione (20/01/15)
L - Brandon Mills versus the V-Card by Lisa Henry and J.A Rock (29/01/15)

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea - PORN by Matt Shaw (28/01/15)
Green - green tea - Revenant by Larissa Ione (02/01/15)
Brown - oolong tea - How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps by Josephine Myles (26/01/15)
Red - rooibos tea - Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton (16/01/15)

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages - Rakeym by Lynn Hagen (12/01/15) 142 Pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages - A Christmas to Remember by Jill Shalvis (16/01/15) 224 Pages
Strong - 301 pages or more - Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward (19/01/15) 544 Pages
Strong - 301 pages or more - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (06/01/15) 385 Pages

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
One spoonful - Book one in a series - Mark Cooper versus America by Lisa Henry and J.A Rock (29/01/15)
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series - Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (10/01/15)
Honey - Book three in a series - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward (14/01/15) 527 Pages
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series - Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts (07/01/15)

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre - Indebted by J.L. Beck (28/01/15)
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book - Always On My Mind by Jill Shalvis (12/01/15)
Lots of milk - new adult genre book - My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap! by Wade Kelly (31/01/15)
Cream - Fantasy book - Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward (22/01/15)



COMPLETED

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats ❤Stephanie! ☺
You make great tea parties :)

[❀Tea❀]

Well done Kelly. I know it wasn't easy ☺

[Lara]

Yea Stephanie!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

I'm done. I've got 18 cups of tea in me and I'm really going to blow hahahaha. Thanks for the tea party.

[❀Tea❀]

Well done Carmen!

*whispers*
Second door on the right

[Christine]

One cup completed!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Christine ☺

[Lara]

Yea Christine!